Background

Mr. Sam Alfstad co-founded eMarketer Inc. and serves as its Chief Knowledge Officer. Mr. Alfstad was a Co-Founder and Managing Director at Beehive Ventures. Mr. Alfstad's career began in the mail room of an advertising agency. He rose to become Creative Director at D’Arcy and Esty and McManus & Masius. Mr. Alfstad was the Senior Vice President at Laurence, Charles and Free. Working for clients Bristol-Myers, American Homes, Colgate-Palmolive, M&M/Mars, Air France, and ... the U.S. Air Force, he directed campaigns for such products Irish Spring, Milky Way and Anacin. In late 1989, Mr. Alfstad founded The Alfstad Blank Group (TA_G). Mr. Alfstad served as Chairman of eMarketer Inc. and has been its Vice Chairman since July 2012. He sits on the boards of E-Poll and Sonomic. Mr. Alfstad is a Director at Beehive Ventures and sits on the boards of a number of B2B firms.

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